Washington (CNN) – The National Republican Senatorial Committee again edged out the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last month, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee kept up its winning streak in November - and Democratic campaign committees in the House and Senate both maintained their massive cash-on-hand advantage over their GOP counterparts.

While I own and use serrated pocketknives (they are very effective on seat belts), I think they are as popular as they are because factory sharp plain edged blades are too dull to cut as well as they should, and most knife carriers, never having even met a sharp knife, assume that their butter knife is as good as it gets.